About me

My training as a Counselling Psychologist, together with many years experience in the NHS, Occupational Health and the voluntary sector, enables me to offer psychotherapy in my private practice that can be tailored to your individual needs. The starting point of therapy is establishing a relationship of collaboration and trust in which together we can make an assessment of your difficulties and a plan to facilitate meaningful change through the use of one or more styles of psychological treatment.

I have experience in counselling both adults and teenagers with a wide range of emotional and psychological issues including:

Training, qualifications & experience

As a Counselling Psychologist my qualifications include a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (C.Psych). I have Chartered Status and Accreditation with the British Psychological Society (BPS)(CPschol) and am registered with the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC). In addition, I have a B.A. (Hons) in Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology from Oxford University. Other training includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Mood and Anxiety Disorders (IAPT), Mindfulness and Supervision of Health Care Professionals (BPS).

I apply an integrative approach to my work, which can include a combination of different approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, Existential and Mindfulness.

Alongside my studies and beyond, I have continuously worked in clinical practice. This has involved specialist organisations, such as The Aurora Health Foundation (survivors of childhood abuse) and more general clinical work as a counsellor in the Occupational Health Department at Kingston Hospital and Richmond Borough Mind.